Entomophagy + Cultured Meat

Question 1

Define food

Answer 1

Any substance that provides the nutrients necessary to maintain life and growth when ingested

Question 2

Why don’t humans eat insects

Answer 2

It is socially unaccepted

Question 3

Entomophagy is

Answer 3

The eating in insects

Question 4

Anthropods are

Answer 4

invertebrates with an exoskeleton, segmented bodies and jointed legs

Question 5

Four major anthropod groups

Answer 5

Insects, myriapods, arachnids, crustaceans

Question 6

How many insect species are consumed worldwide?

Answer 6

2000

Question 7

What are the most consumed insects?

Answer 7

Beetles, caterpillars, bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, locusts and crickets

Question 8

Insects are served as traditional foods in these cultures

Answer 8

Asia, Africa, Indigenous peoples of America, Australia, Mexica and New Zealand

Question 9

Raw witchetii grub (moth larva) tastes like

Answer 9

almonds; when cooked the skin becomes crisp like roast chicken and the inside becomes like a fried egg

Question 10

Honeypot ants tastes

Answer 10

sweet

Question 11

Tarantula tastes like

Answer 11

crab/shrimp and nutty

Question 12

What are palm weevil larvae

Answer 12

fat bugs, 65% polyunsaturated fats, rich and dense, high in protein and calories

Question 13

Eating locusts, bees, ants and termites is described in religious literature of

Answer 13

Christian, Jewish and Islamic faith

Question 14

T/F members of Abrahamic religions regularly eat insects as part of their diet

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Some Christian missionaries have condemned

Answer 15

insect-eating as a heathen custom

Question 16

Entomophagy is decreasing in many countries that have been colonized by

Answer 16

Europeans

Question 17

Europeans and Westerners often associate insect-eating with

Answer 17

filfth, primitive behaviour and disgust

Question 18

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN says the breeding and consumption of insects is

Answer 18

cheap and needed to feed a growing planetary population of humans

Question 19

How is insect-eating a solution to environmental degradation caused by livestock?

Answer 19

• insects have a high food conversion rate (less feed to produce the same amount of protein)
• less greenhouse gas emissions than livestock
• insects can be grown on organic waste

Question 20

Nutritional benefits of insects

Answer 20

High quality protein, vitamin B12, calcium, heme iron, zinc, omega-3 and 6

Question 21

Where is chitin found on insects and what is it a good source of

Answer 21

exoskeletons, source of fiber

Question 22

Marmus or stunting is

Answer 22

severe chronic malnutrition that prevents proper linear growth in a child

Question 23

Nutritional requirements for the first 1000 days of life

Answer 23

• Good maternal nutrition
• Exclusive breastfeeding (first 6 months)
• Complementary feeding (6m-2yo)
• Children need to be weaned using nutritious foods

Question 24

What insects caused significant damage to vegetation in parts of Africa

Answer 24

locusts and grasshoppers

Question 25

What effect did the spraying of crops with pesticides have on children in west africa

Answer 25

children stopped eating grasshoppers and locusts which contained more nutrients than the crops being sprayed

Question 26

In 2013 the FAO suggested that children eat

Answer 26

insects to reduce malnutrition

Question 27

Beeswax is used in food production for

Answer 27

confectionery

Question 28

Royal jelly is

Answer 28

Bee secretion from bee larvae

Question 29

Shellac is _____ and is secreted from _____

Answer 29

an edible resin
the lac insect (a scale insect)

Question 30

The UK declared these sentient beings experience pain and suffering and are therefore subject to animal welfare laws.

Answer 30

invertebrate crusteceans

Question 31

What is shellac used for

Answer 31

a glazing agent on pills and candies providing a shiny appearance and protecting food

Question 32

Food labels indicating ‘colour added’, ‘carmine’, ‘E120’ or ‘natural colour’ might mean what is present?

Answer 32

cochineal extract from the cochineal insect

Question 33

cricket powder is

Answer 33

high in protein, has a neutral flavour, versatile

Question 34

A Finnish bakery group in 2017 was the first in the world to offer bread made from

Answer 34

ground crickets at grocery stores

Question 35

4 steps to improve sensory attributes of insect and insect-based foods

Answer 35

• insect farming
• raw insect processing
• new insect-based product formulation
• education and marketing

Question 36

Livestock is responsible for how much of the global greenhouse gas emissions?

Answer 36

15%

Question 37

Cultured meat refers to meat that is

Answer 37

Lab-grown (cultured, cellular, in vitro)

Question 38

What is cellular meat

Answer 38

Meat that is grown from animal muscle cells, (embryonic stem cells or adult stem cells) through tissue culture in a lab.

Question 39

Reasons for producing cultured meat

Answer 39

• provides meat to a growing human population
• more stable and sustainable production
• eliminates the need to kill animals
• reduces greenhouse emissions
• reduces deforestation
• reduces zoonotic diseases

Question 40

What country sells cultivated chicken meat

Answer 40

Singapore

Question 41

What percentage of US consumers have low or no willingness to try in vitro meat?

Answer 41

33%

Question 42

What is the unnatural paradox in regard to cultured meat?

Answer 42

The reluctance of consumers to eat lab-grown meat because it is unnatural, while accepting ultra-processed products that do not resemble anything in nature.